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Jul 07, 2025
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HPE 117 - Fitness Walking
Credits: 1
2 Activity Hours
Description
In this course, students learn to develop personalized walking plans at different intensities in a supportive environment. They discover how walking, when paired with proper nutrition, creates a lifelong fitness routine that improves heart health and weight management. Students actively participate in aerobic walking sessions and discuss the importance of good posture, exercise form and how a balanced diet provides health and wellness benefits. Through guided practical experience and discussion, students gain knowledge and skills for incorporating regular walking into their daily lives.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will:
- Identify the importance of regular aerobic activity.
- Classify walking as an inexpensive individual or group activity that can be incorporated into anyone’s lifestyle.
- Demonstrate techniques to reduce stress and increase self-esteem.
- Establish goals related to health.
- Develop a personal agenda for fitness walking.
- Implement fitness evaluation techniques and their appropriate calculations.
Listed Topics
- Proper reglular exercise and improvement in body functions
- Exercise throughout a lifetime
- Habits for success in all phases of life
- Cardiovascular development
- Weight management
- Nutritional eating
- Body fat evaluation
- Workout routines and interval walking
- Fitness evaluation: one mile, 12-minute test, body weight, body fat evaluation
Reference Materials
Instructor-approved textbook and materials
Students who successfully complete this course acquire general knowledge, skills and abilities that align with CCAC’s definition of an educated person. Specifically, this course fulfills these General Education Goals: - Quantitative & Scientific Reasoning
- Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
Approved By: Dr. Quintin B. Bullock Date Approved: 04/12/2024
Last Reviewed: 04/12/2024
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